DVD Players for home use, pc and portable players
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These drives are now the default in all new PCs and Laptops. Often they are combined with other features usually allowing CD and DVD writing. The easiest way to tell what the drive is capable of is to look on the front of the drive tray.
Although limited by being installed within the PC most systems including Laptops have TV/SVideo connectors so you can easily playback movies through your PC to the TV. These drives are very cheap to buy remember for around £25 you can purchase a combination drive which includes CD and DVD writing as well as CD and DVD playback. You may need to install additional software or upgrade your media player software to run the DVDs from your PC.
Portable Players have been around for some time but only recently have they become affordable to the masses. Again depending on if you want a branded product or a third party make you can look to start paying upwards of £100 for a player. The more you pay often the larger the screen and sleeker the unit is likely to be.
As with all portable products you should look at the battery life of comparable products and consider if your usage makes it worth paying extra to move to the higher model.
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